Metal cabinet



Oct. 4, 1932. E. J. JONES 1,880,392

METAL CABINET Filed Feb. 12. 19:50

gmentoo Patented Oct. 4, 1932 UNITED STATES,

PATENT OFFICE EIKIIL J. JONES, OF JAMESTOWN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TOJ'AMESTOWN METAL DESK COMPANY, OF JAMESTOWN,

NEW YORK, CORPORATION OF NEW YORK METAL CABINET Applicationfiled'lebruary 12, .1930. Serial No. 427,?89.

This invention relates to improvement in metal cabinets and moreparticularly to the type constructed to exclude dust and dirt from theinteriortli'ereof.

In practi'call'yall door or drawer fitted meta1 cabinets each opening isof a size to perin'itjfree entrance of the door or drawer head. A slightspace or gap thus occurs when the cabinetis closed permitting the entryand accnrnnlation of dust on the interior conf-ten t's. To overcome thisit is contemplated ito provide an opening having flanges which, when thecabinet is the inner face of the door or drawer head.

The principal object of the invention is to provide means by which toexclude dust and dirt from the interior of a metal cabinet.

Another object of the invention is to form projecting flanges forcabinet openlngs which, when said cabinet is closed, completely sealsthe openings.

A further object of the invention is to provide in the dust excludingflanges of a cabinet opening, means with which a door or drawer headwill engage to define and limit the travel of said door or drawer.

Other and further objects of the invention will appear from aconsideration of the following specification when taken in conjunctionwith the in which Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a cabinet fitted withone modification of this invention;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical sectional view showing the top and bottomengaging flanges for the drawer head, being taken substantially on theline 22 of Figure 1;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged horizontal sectional view showing the verticalflanges engaged by a drawer head and is taken substantially on the line33 of Figure 2; and

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Figure 3 sh0wing the drawer in partiallyextended posi- 171011.

Referring to the drawing this invention is shown embodied in a cabinetgenerally indicated by the reference numeral 10. The cabinet is shownhaving vertical walls 11 and top 13. The top and base (not shown) arejoined to the side walls 11 in any suitable accompanying drawing, and

closed, closely engages manner. Since the structure of the cabiret andthe manner of joining the walls forms no part of this invention, furtherdescription thereof is unnecessary.

The forward vertical edges of the Walls 11 are shaped to createlongitudinally extendinr pockets 14 which are formed by the wall flanges15 and 16. The top 13 is likewise shaped to provide a pocket 18 definedby flanges are located the forward flanged ends 21 of dust plates 22.The face 24 of the plate is two plane due to the transversely formedshoulder 23. The recess 14 receives the flange 21 of the plate and theend of the wall flange 16 abuts the shoulder 23. The rearward portion ofthe plate is formed with right angle flanges 25 and 26,-the flange 26lying against the inner face of the side wallll. When the plate 22 is inplace, it is welded or otherwise joined to the side wall 11 and wallflange 16, thus securely locating the dust plate within the cab inet.

Since the top wall 13, aleng the forward edge thereof, is identical withthe side walls 11, a plate 28 similar to the plate 22 is engaged withthe wall of the recess 18, being secured in any suitable manner as bywelding. The bottom Wall of the cabinet is substantially identicalwiththe top wall and, although not shown, is formed with a plateidentical to the plate .28 mounted infthe top wall.

Inthe majority of metal cabinets, two or more drawers are provided and,in order to create top and bottom rails to the intermediate draweropenings, the structure shown in Figure 2 is provided. The horizontalrail 30 is channel like having side walls 31 and front wall 32. The"side Walls terminate inoifset flanges 34- and 35, produced by theshoulders 36 and 37 When the rail 30 is in place to deline the upper andlower edge of adjacent drawer openings, it is secured at its ends to thevertical plates 22 in any suitable manner as by welding. The flanges 34:and are cut short to permit full engagement with the two plane face 24of each of said plates (see F igure 19 and 20. In the pockets 14 and 18usual practise, is considerably larger than the body of the drawer 40.The outer edge of the head 39, when the drawer is moved into closedposition, engages the shoulder 28 of the vertical plates 22 andshoulders 31 and 3 32 of adjacent horizontal rails 30. By causing thedrawer head, when the drawer is closed, to fully engage the cabinet onall sides, it is possible 'to prevent the accumulation of dust and dirton the interior contents. The shoulders formed on the walls defining thedrawer opening also define the movement of the drawer towardclosedposition. l/Vhen the drawer head has engaged the shoulders on allfour sides of the drawer opening, the drawer is fully closed and theouter face thereof is substantially flush with the front wall of thecabinet. It is point ed I out that' to provide a drawer stop,

"engages'all' four sides of'the 'drawer 'head,

- eliminates jumping 'ofa drawerwhiijit is rapidly moved lnto closedposition and which -o'ccurswhe1rthe drawer stopf engages only the top orbottom edgejof the drawer head.

While applicant has shown'and described but one modification of thisin'vention','it is obvious that other adaptations of'thils invention maybe made, namely that of applying -dust-platesto the'wallsdefining acabinet door opening, and applicant is not, to be limited in" the spiritand scope other than as set forth and defined in the hereunto: annexedclaim.

' Havingtl1us set forth my invention what I claim-as new and for which Idesire protection by; Letters Patent is:

;In a metal cabinet, walls defining an opening therein, inturn'edflanges forming pockets and terminatingtthe walls of said'opening, a

plate attached to each of said opening walls, a-flange on said plateengaged with and adapted to strengthen the I walls of "said pocket, aninwardly projecting shoulder on each of said plates, a-furtheqfiafige'on said plate attached to said cabinet,' 'one or inore horizontal railsmounted transversely of said cabinet opening, said rails dividing saidopening into 'a number of 'lesseropenings, vertically opposed shoulderso1' -med= "dn said rails, said shoulders'b'eing correspondinglypositioned to form withsaid plate'sliouldeis a stopextending entirelyaround each ofsaid lesser openings for the purpose of limiting the:inward travel of a closurefor each of the openings as well asconstitutingadnstprotection for the interior of said cabinet. c Intestimony whereof I have afli ied my signature: 1

